Internet mafias? the dis-organisation of crime on the internet

Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime Prevention: Essays in Honor of Ernesto U. Savona

Volumn 9783319018393, Issue , 2014, Pages 227-238

  Wall, David S ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affiliate; Anonymous; Chaos Computer Club; Cybercrime; Hydraq Trojan; Kingpin; LulZsec; Mafia; Organised cybercrime groups; Scareware (rogueware Fake anti virus); Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA); Shadowcrew; Stuxnet; Whistleblowing; Wikicrime; Wikileaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930063179     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01839-3_26     Document Type: Chapter

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